growing

growing
growing
tr['grəʊɪn]
adjective
1 creciente, que crece
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
growing pains (pains) dolores nombre masculino plural de crecimiento 2 (problems) dificultades nombre femenino plural iniciales, problemas nombre masculino plural iniciales
growing
adj.
• creciente adj.
n.
• crecimiento s.m.
'grəʊɪŋ
adjective (before n)
a) <quantity> cada vez mayor, en aumento; <reputation> cada vez mayor; <influence> creciente, cada vez mayor

growing numbers of people — un número cada vez mayor de personas

there was a mood of growing pessimism among farmers — el pesimismo iba creciendo entre los agricultores

b) <child>

you need a lot to eat; you're a growing boy — tienes que comer mucho, estás creciendo

c) <plant/stem/vegetable> que está creciendo
['ɡrǝʊɪŋ]
1. ADJ
1) (=developing)
a) (Bot, Agr) [crop, plant] que está creciendo
b) [child] en edad de crecimiento
2) (=expanding, increasing) [business] en fase de desarrollo; [friendship] creciente; [population, family] creciente

• there is growing concern that he won't be found alive — cada vez es mayor la preocupación de no encontrarlo con vida

• there is a growing demand for this service — está aumentando la demanda de este servicio

• with growing horror we realized that ... — cada vez más horrorizados, nos dimos cuenta de que ...

• a growing number of refugees — un número creciente or cada vez mayor de refugiados

• I felt a growing sense of unease — me sentía cada vez más nervioso

2.
CPD

growing pains NPL — (lit) dolores mpl de crecimiento; (fig) problemas mpl iniciales

growing season N — [of crop] época f de cultivo; [of plant] época f de crecimiento

* * *
['grəʊɪŋ]
adjective (before n)
a) <quantity> cada vez mayor, en aumento; <reputation> cada vez mayor; <influence> creciente, cada vez mayor

growing numbers of people — un número cada vez mayor de personas

there was a mood of growing pessimism among farmers — el pesimismo iba creciendo entre los agricultores

b) <child>

you need a lot to eat; you're a growing boy — tienes que comer mucho, estás creciendo

c) <plant/stem/vegetable> que está creciendo

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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